Gage.



PATENTBD DEG. 4, 1906.

A. L. MYERS.

' GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 3l. 1905.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed October 31. 1905. Serial No. 285.304.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: .v

Be it known that LALLENLINCOLN MYERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Gage, of which the following is a specifica'tion.

This invention relates more particularly to means for marking seats for the reception of butt-hinges, but is not necessarily limited to this use, as the same may be employed in scribing for various purposes. 4

One of the principal objects is to provide a very simple structure in the form of a coinbination-tool wherein the chisel ordinarily employed for cutting the hinge-seats constitutes the support for a novel gage that may be conveniently employed in a variety of ways, as hereinafter set forth.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinn Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a chiselblade with the gage in place thereon. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating one mannerof using the device. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the means for marking the depth of a butt-hinge seat. Fig. 6 Vis a view similar to Fig. 4, but'illustrating another manner of marking the width of a seat to be cut; and Fig'. 7 is aview illustrating another manner of using the device as a depth-gage. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the markers.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. l

In the embodiment illustrated a chiselblade 9 is employed, which may be of any desired size and configuration. This blade is provided in one side with a transverse slot 10, in which are slidably mounted the overlapped shanks 11 of a pair of markers, said markers consisting of offset teeth 12, carried by the outer ends of the shanks. Said shanks are preferably slotted longitudinally and through the slots is passed a holdingscrew 13, threaded into the chisel-blade and constituting means for holding the Shanks in different adjusted relations. The teeth 12 have curved marking edges, and when the shanks are in one position said teeth project beyond the side of the blade having the slot. The Shanks, however, are adapted to be reversed, in which case the teeth are received in recessed seats 14, formed in the opposite edges of the blade. Other markers are also provided, said markers being in the form of screws 15, that are threaded into the opposite edges of the blade and have slotted heads 16, adapted to be received in countersunk portions 17 in the blade, said heads having annular marking edges 18.

Incase the chisel is to be used for cutting purposes the teeth 12 are located in their seats.14 and the markers 15 are screwed into the edges of the blade, so that the outer faces of the heads are flush therewith. There is Lnothing therefore in the way to prohibit the ordinary use of the chisel. ln using the device as a gage the various parts may be employed in a number of ways. For instance, if the width of a seat for a hinge is to be marked in a casing the teeth 12 are arranged in projecting relation and are secured a distance apart equal to the width of the hingeseat. One of these teeth is employed as a marker and the other as a guide along the edge of the casing, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The depth of the seat may be gaged by one of the screws 15, the edge of which constitutes the marking device, while the edge of the chisel-blade acts as the guide. This will be clear by reference to Fig. 5. One of the teeth may also be employed as an auxiliary guide and as illustrated in Fig. 7. The screws, furthermore, may be made to act as guides when the teeth constitute markersas, for instance, in scribing the width of a hinge-seat the head of a screw is arranged to abut against the adjacent offset of the casing-thus determining the position of the line scribed by the adjacent marking-tooth. The parts so arranged are illustrated in Fig. 6. lt will thus be seen that a simple device is provided by means of which the seats for butt-hinges may be readily and conveniently marked, and the structure is readily adjustable for use on different kinds of work and molding and for hinges of various sizes.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape,

proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

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Having thus described my invention,l What I claim as new, and' desire' to sc'r'e by Letters Fatent, is-

1. In a gage of the character describedI the. combination with a supporting-blade, of markers adjiistably inonnted on the blade and projecting from one side `of thel sainei said markers being inovable'i'ipon th'e bladev toward and from eachother and having siib- Staieaiiy pesanti ,niarkiagedgea affiaother' seciiri'rig Athe"inalrerhs in adjnstiekl1 i l 3'. In' a' gage of the character described the \|.s, zzz.; p1 wg( .LAM .lm- :-y combination Withablade having a transverse` slot in one side, of ni'arlers projecting from e' i'w nrw-i r: il. the Sid@ @the blade harms the .Slet Seid markers bein" movable toward' andv from n; fw'. 1 i ..\"'\"\\1 ..i-ft'fi each other land` having o'vkerlapped` Jsh'anlgs. adliifs'tabl'e in theislot, 'a screw' e'ngaging shanks for securing the rnarliersf inE ad'iiisted' relation; and Sews threaded" irrt@ the' opposite edges of the blade and having circumf fermier marking edges:

4. In a gage ofthe character described, the combination With a blade having a slotfand a recess communicating With the slot, of a reversibley shank slidable in the slotarid having an offset marking-tooth, said tooth projectinglfro'i'n oiielsid'of the blade When the shank is in one positionandlbein .seatedin there- @when ihesflarll is lrefsd, and hoidihg' niets @gemessene ,i x

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